The article “New Transplant Technology Keeps Organs ‘Alive’ Outside Body” written by Jacque Wilson appears on CNN on April 25, 2013. It asserts that the step forward in transporting organs in much bigger geographic region will be made soon because of TransMedic Organ Care system.
As we know, transplant teams always rush because they have “less than eight hours to transport the organ to the operating room, prepare it for surgery and implant it into the recipient's body,” doctor Beswick said. In 2006, surgeons in Europe transplanted the first heart using the TransMedics Organ Care System, a portable device that kept the heart "alive" - beating, with blood and oxygen pumping through it – even during transportation. This portable transplant system
As we know, transplant teams always rush because they have “less than eight hours to transport the organ to the operating room, prepare it for surgery and implant it into the recipient's body,” doctor Beswick said. In 2006, surgeons in Europe transplanted the first heart using the TransMedics Organ Care System, a portable device that kept the heart "alive" - beating, with blood and oxygen pumping through it – even during transportation. This portable transplant system